Temporary architecture is in. From elaborate tree houses and gallery annexes to rooftop pods and spaces within spaces, it is no longer considered enough just to hire a marquee when you want to make a spatial statement for a month or two.
Click here to see more
A building form that used to belong to the realm of folly-building eccentrics or young architects out to make a statement has now firmly entered the big league. Take, for example, the roll call of names (Koolhaas, Hadid, Gehry, Niemeyer, Eliasson, Ito, etc) commissioned to create the temporary pavilion outside London’s Serpentine Gallery each year.
Some of the best temporary buildings come from cross-disciplinary collaborations and if the new pavilion for the Kivik Art Centre in Sweden by the British architect David Chipperfield and his artist compatriot Antony Gormley is anything to go by, this is a trend well worth encouraging.
Chipperfield’s sophisticated abstract modernism is blended well with Gormley’s mastery of spatial experimentation to create a building of three interlocking concrete volumes from which visitors can experience the lush surrounding landscape.
Each volume has a different name for a different spatial experience: the ‘cave’ – dark like a forest; the ‘stage’ – a horizontal, painterly landscape experience; and the ‘tower’ – offering spectacular views across to the Baltic Sea. The pavilion is a delightful exercise in landscape-meets-architecture-meets-art that outclasses many a permanent construction. It’s a shame that it's not here to stay.
-
Japanese designer Shinichiro Ogata's latest venture is a modern riff on the traditions of his home countryAs he launches Saboe, a series of new tearooms and shops across Japan, we delve into Shinichiro Ogata's creative vision, mirrored throughout the spaces and objects, rituals and moments of his projects
-
These are Dover Street Market’s jewellery designers to watch, exhibiting at the London store all summerIn a special exhibition, Dover Street Market London is highlighting 36 emerging jewellery designers to know – shop our pick of their pieces
-
A street-like Pune clubhouse celebrates the ‘joy of shared, unhurried experiences’A brick clubhouse in Pune by Studio VDGA reflects the fluidity and openness of the Indian way of life with a series of welcoming plazas, courtyards and lanes
